That’s all a fan base needs to hear to whip itself into a lather, but Bortles himself wanted to take things slowly after his 7-of-11 for 117 yard performance (which included three dropped passes).

“I thought it was all right,” Bortles said. “It’s a process and it’s not going to happen overnight so there were some good reads and some bad reads, some good footwork and some bad footwork. It’s stuff I’ll continue to work on.”

Chad Henne’s just fine, and the Jaguars have maintained he was the starter. But that’s more about protecting Bortles and making sure he has time to develop properly than anything Henne himself has done to deserve the nod.

But the way Bortles played Friday night certainly appears to have given them something to think about.

As of last night watching the game, I say start the man!! We’ve finally hit a home run with getting our QB. Haven’t had a good one since brunell & garrard was pretty good too. But that O-line needs some work still, so I say start bortles when the line gets acclimated cause henne is well…henne. & jags fans know what that means. Either way, the buzz around DUVAL is exciting again & it’s a great time to be a Jags fan!! We’ll definitely be playoff contenders every year starting by 2015, but who knows, the AFC south is so bad, we can probably sneak a WC🙂

themeccalambeaufield says:Aug 9, 2014 12:51 PM

This is how a rookie qb does it Minnesota.

abninf says:Aug 9, 2014 12:55 PM

The Jags got a franchise QB. That dude is gonna be good. But they don’t need to screw it up. Take it slow, it’s not like they’re winning the Superbowl this season.

I really hope this guy is as good as he seems to be. It’ll make the AFC South a really fun division for a decade plus. Luck/Bortles clashing head to head 2 times a season, plus throw in whoever the Texans will likely draft in the first round next year (Mariota/Winston?) and it’ll be a good time all around.

vietnambob2473 says:Aug 9, 2014 1:32 PM

I like Bortles but in order to be successful in this league he has got to shorten his release. He winds up almost as bad as byron leftwich. He drops the ball all the way down to his waist before throwing. That is going to lead to a lot of picks against first team NFL defenses.

iloveagoodnap says:Aug 9, 2014 1:57 PM

It was against 2nd stringers. The Jags are 100% correct in not getting ahead of themselves. Bortles will be good, but in time.

He looked pretty good last night. The only thing I question may be arm strength. I didn’t see any lasers but that may be by design. It just seemed like a few balls kinda floated in there (although the accuracy was good). I can’t say start him based on this but it does appear that the Jags may have found their long-term QB (assuming he progresses the average level). He was the most competent looking QB in that game

drhenning says:Aug 9, 2014 3:16 PM

Don’t know FinFan what you were watching…. I saw several well thrown down the field passes, a couple that were dropped.. Reminded some of us of Byron on the longer passes but he had touch for the shorter balls which BL never did.. He also stood tall in the pocket which our last 1st round QB never did….